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For additional titles, search the Catalog subjects:

"African Americans on television."
"Race relations on television."
"Racism on television."

Please note some titles may be limited to a single simultaneous user. As well, some titles may have limits on the number of pages that may be printed, emailed, or saved. Often, database specific log in is required to download ebooks.

African Americans on Television : Race-ing for Ratings by David J. Leonard (Editor); Lisa Guerrero (Editor)
Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2013].
Black, White, and in Color : Television and Black Civil Rights by Sasha Torres
Call Number: (LC, RH) Stacks PN1992.8.A34 T67 2003
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2003.
The Colorblind Screen : Television in Post-racial America by Sarah E. Turner; Sarah Nilsen (Editor)
Call Number: (RH) Stacks PN1992.8.M54 C86 2014
New York ; London : New York University Press, [2014].
Colored Television : American Religion Gone Global by Marla Frederick
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2016].
Equal Time : Television and the Civil Rights Movement by Aniko Bodroghkozy
Call Number: (LC, RH) Stacks PN1992.6 .B58 2012
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2012].
The Evolution of Black Women in Television : Mammies, Matriarchs and Mistresses by Imani M. Cheers
New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
Making Roots : A Nation Captivated by Matthew F. Delmont
Call Number: (RH) Stacks E185.97.H24 D45 2016
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016].
Real Sister : Stereotypes, Respectability, and Black Women in Reality TV by Jervette R. Ward (Editor, Contribution by)
New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2015]
Reconsidering Roots : Race, Politics, and Memory by Erica L. Ball (Contribution by, Editor)
Call Number: (RH) Stacks PN1992.77.R5575 R43 2017
Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2017].
True South : Henry Hampton and Eyes on the Prize, the Landmark Television Series that Reframed the Civil Rights Movement by Jon Else
Call Number: (RH) Stacks E185.61 .E525 2017
New York, New York : Viking, [2017].
Watching While Black : Centering the Television of Black Audiences by Beretta E. Smith-Shomade (Editor)
New Brunswick, N.J. ; London : Rutgers University Press, [2012].

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